Role of executive dysfunction in predicting frequency and severity of violence

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 338-349

  Hancock, Megan ^a   Tapscott, Jennifer L ^a   Hoaken, Peter N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Binary logistic regression; Delis Kaplan Executive Function System; Executive functioning; Poisson regression; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OFFENDER; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

AGGRESSION; CRIMINALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRISONERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956270691     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20353     Document Type: Article

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